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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: D.-Classification of the Physical Condition of pupils Inspected in the Age Groups Recorded in Table l.A.

D.-Classification of the Physical Condition of pupils Inspected in the Age Groups Recorded in Table l.A.

Age GroupsNumber of pupils inspectedSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
No.%No.%
(1)(2)(3)(4)( S)(6)
Entrants2,9142,87398.6411.4
Second Age Group2,6202,60999.6110.4
Third Age Group2,5572,54599.5120.5
Other Periodic Inspections including 8 to 9 years3,1043,03697.8682.2
TOTAL11,19511,06398.81321.2

Table: Table II INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

Table II INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

(i)Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons63,152
(ii)Total number of individual pupils found to be infested341
(iii)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)NIL
(iv)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)NIL